| Player One | Rolls cubes and states either a Sentence Pattern, Structure, or Purpose. | |||
| Pattern | ||||
| S-V | S-V-DO | S-LV-PN | S-V-DO-OC (noun) | |
| Inverted | S-V-IO-DO | S-LV-PA | S-V-DO-OC (adj.) | |
| Structure | ||||
| simple | complex | compound | compound-complex | |
| Purpose | ||||
| declarative | interrogative | imperative | exclamatory | |
| Player Two | Uses a Black or Green cube to state a Type Demand. | |||
| Parts of Speech | ||||
| Noun | Pronoun | Verb | Adjective | |
| Adverb | Preposition | Conjunction | Interjection | |
| Player Three | Uses a Black or Green cube to state a Function Demand. | |||
| Noun or Pronoun | Subject | Direct Object | Indirect Object | |
| Object of Preposition | Predicate Nominative | Appositive | ||
| Objective Complement | Noun Adjunct (not for pronouns) | Retained Direct Object | ||
| Retained Indirect Object | Retained Objective Complement | |||
| FORBIDDEN - Demanding an appositive be restrictive. | ||||
| Verb | Simple Present Tense | Simple Past Tense | Simple Future Tense | |
| Present Perfect Tense | Past Perfect Tense | Future Perfect Tense | ||
| Present Progressive | Past Progressive | Future Progressive | ||
| Present Perfect Progressive | Past Perfect Progressive | Future Perfect Progressive | ||
| +Infinitive | +Gerund | Participle | ||
| +Functions may be called for Infinitives and Gerunds. | ||||
| Adjective | Noun or Pronoun Modifier | Predicate Adjective | Adjacent Adjective | |
| Objective Complement | Retained Objective Complement | |||
| Adverb | Verb Modifier | Adjective Modifier | Adverb Modifier | |
| Prepostion | Introductory Word in an Adjective Phrase | Introductory Word in an Adverb Phrase | ||
| FORBIDDEN - Compound Preposition. | ||||
| Conjunction | Subordinate Conjunction | Conjunctive Adverb | ||
| FORBIDDEN - Correlative Conjunction. | ||||
| Interjection | No function demand. Instead the second demand becomes a general demand. |
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| NOTE ON INTERJECTIONS: A word may be used as an interjection if it is listed in the official dictionary as such or is in accordance with the definition in the official grammar reference combined with common sense and all other rules on words. | ||||
| General Demands | ||||
| A. Color Wild | B. Must Contain | C. Must Not Contain | D. Letter Transfer | |
| E. Number of Letters | F. Double Vowel | G. Double Consonant | ||
| H. Nouns | ||||
| 1. *singular | 4. nominative case | |||
| 2. *plural | 5. objective case | |||
| 3. collective | ||||
| * May not be used with noun adjunct. | ||||
| I. Pronouns | ||||
| 1. singular | 7. relative | |||
| 2. plural | 8. intensive | |||
| 3. personal | 9. reflexive | |||
| 4. indefinite | 10. nominative case | |||
| 5. interrogative | 11. objective case | |||
| 6. demonstrative | ||||
| J. Verbs | ||||
| 1. singular | 10. past participle | |||
| 2. plural | 11. active voice | |||
| 3. linking | 12. passive voice | |||
| 4. auxiliary | 13. transitive | |||
| 5. regular | 14. intransitive | |||
| 6. irregular | 15. present infinitive | |||
| 7. imperative mood | 16. past participle | |||
| 8. **emphatic form | 17. present perfect infinitive | |||
| 9. present participle | 18. **subjunctive mood | |||
| ** Player may choose to designate present or past. | ||||
| FORBIDDEN: Demanding that verb be conditional tense. | ||||
| K. Adjectives | ||||
| 1. positive degree of comparison | 4. possessive noun | |||
| 2. ***comparative degree of comparison | 5. possessive pronoun | |||
| 3. ***superlative degree of comparison | ||||
| *** If these are demanded, player may also indicate regular or irregular. | ||||
| L. Adverbs | ||||
| 1. positive degree of comparison | 2. ***comparative degree of comparison | |||
| 3. ***superlative degree of comparison | ||||
| *** If these are demanded, player may also indicate regular or irregular. | ||||
| M. Clauses **** (Word Must Be Contained In ...) | ||||
| 1. independent | 5. noun | |||
| 2. dependent (subordinate) | 6. relative | |||
| 3. adjective | 7. infinitive | |||
| 4. adverb | 8. elliptical (incomplete) | |||
| **** Only three clauses or phrases totally may be demanded in a shake. This maximum number represents a combination of both phrases and clauses. Three of each may not be demanded in the same shake. |
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| N. Phrases **** (Word Must Be Contained In ...) | ||||
| 1. infinitive | 5. verb | |||
| 2. gerund | 6. adjective | |||
| 3. participial | 7. adverb | |||
| 4. appositive | 8. prepositional | |||
| O. Must Be Part of | ||||
| 1. direct quote (Proper punctuation is required.) | 2. indirect quote | |||
| P. Must Be a Compound Word | ||||
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